Local Plan 2005

The Broxbourne Local Plan Second Review covers the period 2001-2011 and was adopted in December 2005. It explains how land in the Borough will be used and developed and contains policies which the Council uses to determine planning applications. You can view and download a copy of the Local Plan using the links below or contact the planning policy team if you would like to buy a paper copy.

You can also view the Borough's land use designations on the Council's Interactive Map. The Interactive Map also provides information on other constraints such as listed buildings and tree preservation orders.

As a result of changes to national guidance, the Secretary of State has directed the Council to 'save' particular policies in the Local Plan until such time as they are replaced. There are eight policies in the Local Plan which have now been deleted because they repeat national guidance or because they are no longer applicable.

An article 4 direction is made by the local planning authority and restricts the scope of permitted development rights either in relation to a particular area or site, or a particular type of development anywhere in an authority’s area. Where an article 4 direction is in effect, a planning application may be required for development that would otherwise have been permitted development.

In October 2013 the Borough Council published an Article 4 Direction to remove permitted development rights for the change of use of offices to residential use throughout the Borough. The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government has now given notice of his intention to approve the Article 4 Direction subject to modifications so that it will now only apply to specified employment sites in the Borough. The approval notice came into effect on 6 November 2014. The direction and map of the specified employment sites can be found below.